Mountain lion caught in Sonoma County
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.
Authorities say a mountain lion will probably moved to a state wildlife area after it was captured in the back yard of a Sonoma County home, the Associated Press reports:
Deputies and biologists from the California Department of Fish and Game were called out to a home in the community of Aqua Caliente on Thursday when a resident called to report a mountain lion sitting in a tree.After deputies formed a perimeter around the cat, biologists shot it with a tranquilizer.Once the woozy mountain lion came out of the tree, it was put it in a wooden box to be relocated.Biologists have determined the mountain lion was a female, about 2 years old, weighing about 60 pounds.
A few of the latest in mountain lion sightings in California.
-- Francisco Vara-Orta